Built for Australian builders who manage subcontractors
Know who's cleared to work on your site —
state by state, without chasing paperwork.
Subcontractors upload their licences, insurance, and other compliance documents through a link — no login. ComplySite tells you, in one clear word, who's ready — and flags what's missing or expiring before it becomes your problem.
14-day free trial · no card required
From invite to a clear verdict, in four steps.
1. Create a project
Add the project and its state. The right national + state-specific checklist builds itself.
2. Invite subcontractors
Send each one a link by SMS or email. Nothing for them to install or set up.
3. They upload from their phone
No login, no app, no password — they open the link and photograph their documents.
4. See who's cleared
A live verdict per subcontractor, updated the moment a document lands.
Viewing project
Bondi Junction Residences
Subcontractors
5
Compliance rate
40%
Non-compliant
2
Not cleared
Ace Scaffolding Group · Scaffolder · 6 documents red
Expiring soon
Coastal Plumbing Co · Plumber · 1 amber
Cleared
Precision Roofing · Roofer
Cleared
Sparkwright Electrical · Electrician
The real Compliance Dashboard — a live verdict per subcontractor, not a document list to interpret.
Residential builders
Several home builds at once, each with its own subcontractors to track.
Commercial builders & principal contractors
Multiple trades on one site, all needing the right paperwork before they start.
Trade contractors with their own crew
Subcontracting work to your own crew, with the same visibility over their compliance.
Builders spend 3+ hours a week chasing subcontractor paperwork.
That's $7,800+ a year in admin time.
Illustrative estimate: 3 hours/week at $50/hour, 52 weeks a year. Your own number depends on how many subcontractors you run and who's doing the chasing.
That time goes somewhere else.
Hours back every week
No more phoning subcontractors for a photo of an insurance certificate, or digging through email for the licence someone sent three months ago.
Nothing expires without warning
Every document is watched automatically. Subcontractors get reminded before something lapses; you're told the moment it does.
A clear answer, not a folder to search
"Is this subcontractor cleared to start Monday?" gets a one-word answer, not twenty minutes reading through PDFs.
This isn't just paperwork. It's legal exposure.
Getting subcontractor compliance wrong doesn't just slow a project down — under Australian WHS law, it can put the builder personally in the firing line.
You can't hand off the responsibility
Australian WHS law places a non-delegable duty of care on builders and principal contractors. Even when a subcontractor is at fault, you can't contract your way out of responsibility for what happens on your site.
Category 1 breaches aren't a slap on the wrist
The most serious WHS breaches — Category 1 — carry corporate penalties running into the millions. Those figures are indexed and rise every year.
Your insurer can walk away from a claim
If a builder didn't do basic due diligence on a subcontractor's insurance before they started work, an insurer can deny the claim when something goes wrong.
An inspector can shut the whole site down
WorkSafe and SafeWork inspectors can issue a prohibition notice and stop work across the entire site — not just for one subcontractor — until every ticket and licence is verified.
State regulators penalise builders too
Knowingly engaging an unlicensed subcontractor for regulated work can be penalised by the relevant state building authority — for example, Victoria's Building and Plumbing Commission (BPC).
This is general information, not legal advice, and doesn't cover every state's requirements in full. See our Terms of Service for details.
ComplySite helps you collect, track and manage the documents you require — you remain responsible for determining which requirements apply to your business and projects.
Coming soon.
State licence verification
Checking a subcontractor's trade licence directly against the issuing state regulator's own register, not just the document they uploaded.
Compliance Passport
A subcontractor uploads their documents once and reuses the same verified profile across every builder they work for on ComplySite — not a fresh upload for every job.
State-by-state depth, not a national guess
Most tools track compliance generically. ComplySite maintains the real national and state-specific catalog — because a checklist that's almost right is still wrong.
See what we trackPricing you can see before you sign up
Prices include GST.
See full pricingThe same job. A lot less chasing.
Frequently asked
Does my subcontractor need to create an account?
No. They get a link by SMS or email and use it straight away — no login, no app to install, no password to remember.
What happens after my 14-day trial?
You keep using ComplySite on whichever plan fits. Add a payment method any time — nothing is charged without one on file.
Can I remove a subcontractor's access?
Yes. Archiving a subcontractor immediately stops their upload link from working, even though the link itself doesn't change.
Is my data secure?
Documents are stored privately per company. Only your team and the uploader can access them, via a short-lived link generated fresh each time — never a public URL.
Which states does ComplySite cover?
All of them. The document catalog covers national requirements plus every state and territory's own additions, automatically matched to each project's state.
What if a subcontractor doesn't have a smartphone?
The same link works from any device with a browser. A laptop or desktop works fine — they just use the regular file picker instead of taking a photo.
